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About Konchi Village

Konchi is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,242, made up of 641 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Konchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Konchi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Lawalaung
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 647 hectares
Population 1,242
Male Population 641
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Konchi compares

By the 2011 count Konchi is the 10th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 647 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Konchi

Konchi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Konchi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Konchi from other places

Konchi lies about 21 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 23 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Konchi
Tehsil headquarters Lawalaung 21 km
District headquarters Chatra 21 km
Nearest town Chatrā 21 km
Nearest railway station Bukru 23 km

Villages closest to Konchi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lawalaung tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Konchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Konchi village had a population of 1,242. That makes it the 10th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Konchi village has 641 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Konchi has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Konchi is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Konchi covers 647 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Konchi falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Konchi is Bukru, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Konchi.

Konchi is about 21 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Konchi is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 21 km away. Chatra is about 21 km away. Chatrā is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahagara (1.5 km), Jojbari (2.3 km) and Kalyanpur (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Konchi today is likely to be higher.

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